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Articles 14221 through 14320 of 23072:
- Pakistan Rebuilding Terror Network After Quake - Terror Network Intact In Pak Despite Quake: Indian Army (India Daily, Anil Rane, Nov 27, 2005)
Pakistan uses terror as means to fight against India. This is going on since sixties.
- Good Riddance, But Road All Uphill Ahead (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Nov 27, 2005)
Last week provided us with a rare moment of hope in politics — the defeat of Mr and Mrs Laloo Yadav. No defeat was more deserved, more reassuring for those of us who remain recklessly optimistic about the future of Bharat Mata despite the abysmal . . .
- Peace Process Losing Steam (Dawn, Afzaal Mahmood, Nov 26, 2005)
The last two months have witnessed some damaging developments in the Pakistan-India peace process.
- Celebrating Peter Drucker (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Nov 26, 2005)
One of the ironies of any great career is the stereotypes that surround it. A life of innovation is buried in the obituaries of the predictable. Such was the fate of Peter Drucker.
- 59 Killed As Two Indian Buses Fall Into Rivers (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
At least 59 people were killed and more than 30 missing on Friday after two packed passenger buses skidded off flooded bridges in southern India, said police.
- Get On The China Train (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 26, 2005)
German engineering giant Siemens has just wrapped up a $ 788 million deal with the Chinese government to construct 60 high-speed trains for China.
- 59 Killed In India As Buses Skid Off Bridges (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
Fifty-nine people were killed and more than 30 went missing on Friday after two packed passenger buses skidded off flooded bridges in southern India.
- Nitish Kumar, Get Ready For Real Battle (The Financial Express, ALANKAR SRIVASTAVA, Nov 26, 2005)
So finally, the battle for Bihar is over. The verdict is clear: Laloo lost it, Nitish won it. After years of struggle, the long cherished dream of dislodging Laloo from Bihar got realised by Nitish. But the reality is that the journey has just begun.....
- 'Money Or No Money, All Painters Will Paint' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
Tyeb Mehta, who created a record by fetching the highest-ever price given to contemporary Indian work of art for his painting Mahishasura, was recently awarded the Dayawati Modi Award for Art, Culture and Education for 2005. He speaks to Manoj Nair about
- Award For ‘Operation Green Kargil’ (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Nov 26, 2005)
The Army’s efforts to conserve the flora and fauna on the rocky heights of the Kargil, Dras and Batalik have borne fruit. Not only has the Army made the heights green but also honoured the personnel responsible for it.
- Remembering The ‘Forgotten Soldier’ (Tribune, Maj Gen (retd) Himmat Singh Gill, Nov 26, 2005)
In Battery Park in downtown Manhatten in New York, there stands within a plaza an obelisk with a soldier shaped cutout by artist Mac Adams, honouring the memory of New York’s Korean war veterans.
- Tragedy Of Lalu Yadav (Tribune, G.S. Bhargava, Nov 26, 2005)
The recent rejection by the electors of Bihar of the Rastriya Janata Dal (RJD), as Mr Lalu Yadav’s fiefdom is called, is the culmination of a political tragedy that began in 1996.
- Modifying Its Message (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
Narendra Modi was eventually marked absent from Nitish Kumar’s swearing-in at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan on Thursday. Just as well.
- Blood Is Thicker Than Water (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Nov 26, 2005)
The best way of overcoming a sworn enemy is to be the first to donate one’s blood to him when he is stricken.
- Fight But Make It A Just War (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Nov 26, 2005)
I have been a supporter of US intervention in Iraq and I have had good things to say about the leadership of Bush and Blair. I don’t intend to un-say any of my earlier statements, but paradoxically I must point out that I am happy about the emergence. . .
- Triumph Of Democracy (Pioneer, Mohd Asim, Nov 26, 2005)
The Lalu raj in Bihar has finally come to an end. Though a bit late, after pushing Bihar at the bottom of all development indices, but India is celebrating.
- No Bargains Break That Are Not This Day Made (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 26, 2005)
Mark Twain assures, "Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day, like a football, and it will be round and full at evening."
- Bihar’S Very Big Picture (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 26, 2005)
Politics in India is in grave danger of being trivialised by yet another factor—psephology.
- Tn: 100 Feared Drowned As Unprecedented Rains Hit 12 Districts (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
At least 100 people were feared drowned today as major parts of Tamil Nadu faced the fury of unprecedented rains which cut off southern districts from the state capital while Kollidam and other rivers were in spate.
- `Soft Power', In Place Of Gun-Toting, Serves Washington Well (Hindu, Nasim Zehra, Nov 26, 2005)
Washington desperately needs friends in Pakistan too. At the public level, its `war on terror' has complicated an already estranged bilateral relationship.
- U.S. Will Have To Talk To Iraqi Resistance (Hindu, Zaki Chehab, Nov 26, 2005)
The Rate of suicide bombings in Iraq continues its relentless rise: some days there are more than five attacks.
- Note On Maniappan's Body Asks Indians To Leave Afghanistan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
"Captors were not interested in negotiations"
Embassy tried to get in touch with kidnappers, say senior officials
Fate of two Afghan security guards unknown
Possibility of increase in ITBP personnel providing security
- Bio-Diesel Bus On Smooth Run (Hindu, Tarangini Sriraman, Nov 26, 2005)
Cost-efficiency and lower emission of gases impressive
The vehicle uses a blend called B20, a mix of 20 p.c. bio-diesel and 80 p.c. diesel
Being run on an experimental basis, its performance will be reviewed after six months
- Classes, Nations And Literatures - Iv (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 26, 2005)
this work of Aijaz Ahmad evokes responses ranging from a complete dismissal of some of the underlying presuppositions to a thorough appreciation of the nuanced, well worked structure of some arguments, Javed Iqbal Bhat comments
- Varieties Of Extremism (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Nov 26, 2005)
“Age of extremes” is how Eric Hobsbawm described the 20th century. His own book of that title was less than even-handed in its analysis of the extremist ideologies of the age.
- Laloo - Aberration Arrested! (Daily Excelsior, Dr R L Bhat, Nov 26, 2005)
Few are ready to write off Laloo Prasad Yadav even when Bihar has virtually struck him off the primary register.
- 145 Feared Dead As Floods Wash Away 2 Buses (Hindu, G. Srinivasan , Nov 26, 2005)
No let-up in rain in Tamil Nadu
At Perumalkoil, two km from Pattukottai in Thanjavur district, 80 persons in a private bus were swept away
More than 65 persons in a State Corporation bus were killed at Sanaveli near Thiruvadanai in Ramanathapuram distr
- No Respite In Gilgit (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
Since we last commented in these columns on the situation in Gilgit, which is part of the State under Pakistan's illegal occupation, there have been a series of developments.
- 'Bmp Sent Rs 3,000 Cr Down The Drain' (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
Former prime minister H D Deve Gowda has raked up another controversy, alleging that some Rs 3,000 crore spent by the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP), purportedly for the desilting of tanks, lakes and drains in and around Bangalore, .....
- Beauty Needn't Be All Uphill (Hindu, RAKESH MEHAR, Nov 26, 2005)
Thekkal is a perfect getaway for trekkers, because not many serious climbers go for it
- Space Exploration Should Focus On Asteroids (Hindu, Duncan Steel, Nov 26, 2005)
Asteroids, rather than the Moon or Mars, should be the next target for manned space flight.
- Canada's Disgrace (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 26, 2005)
The report that a former premier of Ontario, Canada, Mr Bob Rae, will lead a new public inquiry into the downing of, Air India's flight No 182, on June 23, 1985, provides no solace to the families of all the 329 persons on board who perished.
- Jholawallahs Junk Our Past, Add Reams Without Rhyme (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Nov 26, 2005)
Mr Krishna Kumar's much-hyped "load reduction" scheme, which was used to push NCERT's Curriculum Framework-2005, has evidently been torn apart by HRD Minister Arjun Singh's jholawallah brigade which was recruited to draw up the History component . . .
- What Makes Tamils Angry? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 26, 2005)
A volatile section of Tamil society is finding its traditional culture in a classic confrontation with the onrush of modernity, says K Venkataramanan
- News: Shape Of Things To Come (Daily Excelsior, Vijay Satokar, Nov 25, 2005)
Wires reaching the news to media establishments and even individual on wireless gadgets, newspaper going paperless using the cyber space and offering interactive games, puzzles in addition to news and, television channels on your mobile phones
- Pak Trader In The Dock For Aiding Qaida ‘Hitman’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
A 25-year Pakistani businessman, Uzair Paracha has been convicted by a federal jury of attempting to help an Al-Qaida operative sneak into the USA to carry out terrorist acts and could be sentenced up to 75 years in jail.
- Crooks’ Opera (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Nov 25, 2005)
He is a political animal. The finance minister cannot therefore be faulted if he indulges in one or two public relations gimmicks. He, however, walked into a blunder.
- Nitish Sworn-In As Head Of 27 Member Nda Govt (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Senior JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar was today sworn in as Bihar Chief Minister at the head of a 27-member NDA Government, marking the smooth transition of power after 15 years of Lalu-Rabri rule.
- Nitish Sworn In As Bihar Chief Minister (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Senior JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar was on Thursday sworn-in as the 32nd chief minister of Bihar. Mr Kumar was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Buta Singh at a function at the historic Gandhi Maidan here.
- 15 Member Hurriyat Team To Visit Pok With Relief (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
A 15-member high-profile Hurriyat delegation led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq will soon visit quake-ravaged Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) with relief material, an amalgam spokesman said today.
- Nitish Takes Charge In Patna, Starts With A Team Of 26 (Indian Express, J P Yadav, Nov 25, 2005)
Patna’s Gandhi Maidan was witness to another historic event today as Nitish Kumar was sworn in as the 33rd Chief Minister of Bihar before a crowd which had gathered in thousands.
- An Integrated Disaster Management Plan (Dawn, Naeem Sadiq, Nov 25, 2005)
If Karachi were to be hit by an earthquake similar to the one experienced on October 8 in Kashmir and parts of the NWFP, it could result in the death of three to five million people and the city being pushed back on the time-line by some 100 odd years.
- Not Quite God’S Wrath (Dawn, Jafar Wafa, Nov 25, 2005)
There is a very apt quotation from the Holy Quran to introduce this discussion of whether natural disasters are the inevitable effects of natural causes or a scourge resulting from divine displeasure.
- Iraq And Lessons Of History (Dawn, Jafar Wafa, Nov 25, 2005)
There is a very apt quotation from the Holy Quran to introduce this discussion of whether natural disasters are the inevitable effects of natural causes or a scourge resulting from divine displeasure.
- Holier Than Thou (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Nov 25, 2005)
On the face of it, it would appear that in the ongoing war between Darwinian evolutionary scientists and proponents of ID (intelligent design),
- Nitish Promises "Good Governance" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
All sections of society given representation in Cabinet, hesays after the swearing-in
Ministry has 16 Cabinet and 10 Ministers of State
Crowd asks Governor Buta Singh to resign
BJP workers protest against non-inclusion of Navin Kishore Prasad Sinha
- New Piracy Law Soon: Minister (Hindu, Sudhish Kamath, Nov 25, 2005)
It will cover aspects beyond the purview of the Copyright Act
- He Shot Their Teacher, They Chased, Caught Ulfa Man (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Nov 25, 2005)
Eighteen months ago, on May 10, 2004, when two militants gunned down their favourite teacher just in front of their school, Ratul Rabha (15) and Rituparna Boro (16) didn’t think twice.
- A Word For Volunteers - I (Greater Kashmir, Dr. Nazir Ahmad Gilkar, Nov 25, 2005)
Dr. Nazir Ahmad Gilkar sums up the orientation-cum refresher course for NSS programme officers held in the University of Kashmir
- Indian Banks' Disclosure Norms Lag Behind Global Norms: Rbi (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Risk disclosure standards for banks will have to be further broad-based to close in the gap between Indian and international standards, RBI said in its report on trend and progress of banking in India 2004-05.
- Nitish Sworn In As Bihar's 33rd Chief Minister (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Senior JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar was today sworn in as Bihar Chief Minister at the head of a 27-member NDA government, marking the smooth transition of power after 15 years of Lalu-Rabri rule.
- Three Gazetteers To Be Brought Out To Mark `Suvarna Karnataka' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Volumes to mark the 50th anniversary of the reorganisation of the State
- Nitish Sworn-In, Buta Sworn At (Pioneer, Amarnath Tewary, Nov 25, 2005)
Mubarak ho satta ki khushali, 15 saal se ruki hai bahali - cries greeted Nitish Kumar as he was sworn-in as Bihar's new Chief Minister on Thursday afternoon. Sporting his trademark beige kurta-pyjama and Nehru jacket, Mr Kumar appeared as the . . .
- Science And Technology Research – International Battle For Brain Is On – Here Are Reasons Why India Is Losing Badly And Has Little Chance (India Daily, Balaji Reddy, Nov 25, 2005)
India has finally realized that real battle is going on in research and development in science and technology.
- What Made Him Talk Like That? (Pioneer, S Gurumurthy , Nov 25, 2005)
Sudarshan's views on population control may be criticised, but what about the facts disclosed by the CPS study, asks S Gurumurthy
- Eu Challenge For New German Chancellor (Hindu, Michael Naumann, Nov 25, 2005)
Angela Merkel's greatest challenge will be to rekindle Europe's spirit.
- A Russian Focus On India (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Nov 25, 2005)
An impressive encyclopaedia of India is published in Russia
Covers a range of subjects: history to foreign policy
Indices of persons, geographic names, terms
Analysis by and viewpoints of 30 Russian scholars
- Towards Change In Iran (Deccan Herald, TIMOTHY GARTON ASH, Nov 25, 2005)
Iran has a regime wedded to violence and a society eager for peaceful change. The West must address both.
- ‘A Light Piercing The Darkness’ (Indian Express, C V Aravind, Nov 25, 2005)
The sad demise of the pioneer of mass eye surgery in India, Padma Bhushan Dr M.C. Modi, is certain to be mourned not just by the medical fraternity of the country but by the lakhs of patients who have had their sight restored by the good doctor
- Riders On The Storm (Indian Express, SATBIR SILAS, Nov 25, 2005)
News of the killing of Ramankutty Maniyappan, an official of the Border Roads Organisation, revives the feeling of insecurity I felt whenever on the road in Afghanistan.
- The Philosophic Indian (Indian Express, JAYA RAMANATHAN, Nov 25, 2005)
Just as The Argumentative Indian is now a given, we have to get equally reconciled to The Philosophic Indian—our unique ability to hold forth with profundity over most trivial issues.
- Nitish & Co Take Over In Bihar (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Senior JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar was on Thursday sworn in as Bihar Chief Minister at the head of a 27-member NDA government, marking the smooth transition of power after 15 years of Lalu-Rabri rule.
- A Thermonuclear Future (Hindu, Tatiana Sinitsyna, Nov 25, 2005)
The International Thermonuclear Energy Reactor (ITER), an international project involving countries conducting research on controlled thermonuclear fusion, could provide mankind with an unlimited source of energy.
- Report: Us Didn't Want Al Qaeda Members To Testify In Padilla Case (Christian Science Monitor, Tom Regan, Nov 25, 2005)
Evidence linking Padilla to 'dirty bomb' plot may have been obtained under 'harsh questioning.'
- Aziz Wants Uplift Plan For Northern Areas (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has asked the chief secretary of the Northern Areas to submit a comprehensive plan for the region’s economic development.
- Minority Rights Are Indivisible (Tribune, Syed Shahabuddin, Nov 25, 2005)
The August 8, 2005, judgement of a three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court in the Bal Patil case (CA 4730 of 1999), written by Mr Justice D. M. Dharmadhikari, has not received the critical attention it deserved.
- Nitish Sworn In Bihar Cm (Tribune, Ambarish Dutta, Nov 25, 2005)
All roads in Patna today converged at the historic Gandhi Maidan where NDA leader Nitish Kumar was sworn in as the 32nd Chief Minister of Bihar by Governor Buta Singh.
- Nurse Shortage Sets Off A Bidding War (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 24, 2005)
Competition to hire nurses in California is so intense that some headhunters routinely make cold calls to nursing stations at rival hospitals, desperate for recruits.
- Us Auto Industry: History Already? (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Nov 24, 2005)
IT WAS once the unquestioned wisdom of business. "What was good for General Motors was good for America".
- France Visit No Ritual: Merkel (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Nov 24, 2005)
Angela Merkel, Germany's youngest Chancellor, on her first official trip abroad stressed the importance of the Franco-German relationship here on Wednesday.
- ‘Our Trade With India Can Be Trebled’ (The Economic Times, Vinay Pandey, Nov 24, 2005)
We have a long historic relationship. But in economic terms, it has been an underdeveloped one. This is primarily because after Independence, India had chosen a policy of self-sufficiency. You concentrated more on internal development rather than . . .
- Why Reservations (Tribune, G.S.Bhargava, Nov 24, 2005)
Dr Ambedkar did not want the constitutional safeguards, as “reservations” were known, to last more than a decade of operation of the Constitution, as it was originally provided.
- Students Form Human Chain To Celebrate World Heritage Week (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 24, 2005)
Rally to create awareness of heritage sites will be held in Kumbakonam A rally to create awareness of heritage sites will be held in Kumbakonam on November 24
- Europe’S Problem Of Integration (Dawn, Syed Mohibullah Shah, Nov 24, 2005)
The recent riots that gripped France for three weeks have highlighted the problems of the European model of integration with regard to immigrant populations.
- Bihar: The Road Ahead (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 24, 2005)
In a clear mandate, the people of Bihar have voted across caste and communal divide to send the message that they want change. It is now up to Mr Nitish Kumar, expected to be the next Chief Minister, to deliver on his promises and put his State firmly....
- Support The Creative Self-Empowered (Hindu, Rajeev Sethi, Nov 24, 2005)
Helping the talented poor cope with the new global markets will bring more meaning to our education, and help us pay back the debt for our hugely privileged and subsidised training. Citizens must support and express solidarity with what is increasingly be
- Worth Going The Extra Mile To Cut Travel Costs (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 24, 2005)
PEOPLE travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and yet they pass by themselves without wondering, said Saint A
- Made In India Model' Proposed For Advertisement Industry (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Nov 24, 2005)
As the three-day international conference on advertising, `Adasia 05', concluded here on Wednesday on a note of "creating the future," an Indian corporate executive proposed a "Made in India model" for this globalised industry.
- A Mission To Know India's Rich Past (Hindu, Alladi Jayasri , Nov 24, 2005)
30,000 people have fanned out in nine States for the first ever survey of manuscripts
- Goa Set For Rs 7-Crore Iffi Extravaganza (Deccan Herald, DEVIKA SEQUEIRA , Nov 24, 2005)
Serious cinema will once again be overshadowed by Bollywood hype and hoopla at the International Film Festival of India, and the Goa government will foot a bill of Rs 7 crore for this extravaganza.
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